11-17-10 ཀུན་གླེང་གསར་འགྱུར། Kunleng News

Kunleng News
1. Dalai Lama attends 11th World Nobel Laureates Summit in Hiroshima. Source: Reuters/APTN/ Tibetan Web source.
Tibetan spiritual leader HH the Dalai Lama attended the 11th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in the city of Hiroshima, Japan from November 12 to 14. The Nobel Peace Laureates who attended this summit were HH the Dalai Lama and South Africa's Frederik W de Klerk, Mohammed Elbradi, Mairead Maguire, Shrin Ebadi, Jodi Williams and UN representative Johan Cels. On the concluding day of the summit the Nobel laureates visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial and offered followers and prayers. The Nobel Laureates each spoke about their commitment to peace and liberation from nuclear weapons. At the end, American peace activist Nobel laureate Jodi Williams read out the Hiroshima charter of the summit that His Holiness and other laureates had signed. It calls for the elimination of all nuclear weapons and prays for a world without nuclear weapons.
2. Burma - Aung San Suu-Kyi Release. Source: AP/Reuters/VOA 
Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu - Kyi urged the people to stand up for their rights and seek democracy in military-ruled Burma, in a rare and first address after gaining her freedom from house arrest, last Saturday,Nov.13. Thousands of supporters cheered on Aung San Suu Kyi as she spoke at her National League for Democracy party headquarters in Rangoon. She said freedom of speech is the basis of democracy and called on the military rulers to engage in a national reconciliation.
3. World Leaders and Nobel Peace Laureates WelcomeAung San Suu-kyi's Release. Source: AP/Reuters 
The Dalai Lama joined world leaders and peace campaigners in welcoming the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi by the military rulers of Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi's released was also welcomed by U.S. President Obama and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and many others.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• VOA
• Voice of America
• Washington DC
• Tibetan News
• Kunleng
• Dalai lama
• Japan
• Frederik W de Klerk
• Mohammed Elbradi
• Mairead Maguire
• Shrin Ebadi
• Jodi Williams
• World Nobel Laureates
• Hiroshima
• Aung San Suu Kyi
• Dalai Lama